Where does H4 Engineering, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), H4 Engineering, Inc. ranks #16,068 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does H4 Engineering, Inc. hold?

H4 Engineering, Inc. holds 18 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2022, spanning 13 technology areas.

What is H4 Engineering, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

H4 Engineering, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 31.1 out of 100 (37th percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does H4 Engineering, Inc. focus on?

H4 Engineering, Inc.'s top technology area is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television) with 15 patents, ranking #957 of 5,951 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 13 CPC subclasses total.

Is H4 Engineering, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

H4 Engineering, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is -80% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for H4 Engineering, Inc.'s patents?

H4 Engineering, Inc.'s patents average 10.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the H4 Engineering, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

H4 Engineering, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 18 granted patents across 13 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2022. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, H4 ranks #16,068 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 18 patents across 13 technology areas.

#16,068
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 37th percentile
by Innovation Score (31.1/100): 10.9
avg claims per patent: -80%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R16068 · US Corporation #16,068 · 18 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-FOCUS · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-PAR · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 18 grants
MID-PACK #16,068/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Guangzhou Mibo…
CPC-FOCUS H04N · 13 areas
INNOV-THIN 31.1/100
CLAIMS-PAR 10.9 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-DROP -80% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Guangzhou Mibo Zhilian Technology Co. Ltd (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How H4’s 31.1 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.2 pts (33%) Velocity 1.7 pts (5%) Breadth 12.7 pts (41%) Claim depth 6.5 pts (21%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Stryker Puerto Rico · near

31
GT Gettaxi · near

31
H4 Engineering · this assignee

31
Oslo University… · near

31
Ubisoft Entertainment · near

31
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows H4's Innovation Score is 31.1/100 (37th percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for H4?

Each dot is one of H4’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). H4’s own 10.9 claims/patent is at or below the 16.4 median for these volume peers. Volume here does not track with deeper claims; several lower-volume peers claim more thoroughly per patent.

H4 vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where H4's grants concentrate

H4 Engineering, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 13 CPC subclasses with 83.3% of grants classified under H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (5 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2022. By volume, H4 sits between Guangzhou Mibo Zhilian Technology Co. Ltd and Heartsine Technologies Limited.

H4's three-year grant acceleration

H4 Engineering, Inc. shows 1 grants in 2022–2024 against only 4 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Guangzhou Mibo Zh…

18
Guardtime IP Hold…

18
Guoguang Electric

18
H R D

18
Haptech

18
Hbpo

18
HDT Expeditionary…

18
Heartsine

18
H4 Engineering ◀

18

What this shows H4 holds 18 patents at rank #16,067, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near H4

By rank, the assignees closest to #16,067 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in H04N (Pictorial Communication)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in H4's primary technology class.

Assignees with similar portfolio profiles

Two PlainPatent-derived peer sets for H4, neither rank-band nor same-CPC leaders (those blocks stay above). In H04N (Pictorial Communication), H4 ranks #957 of 5,951 assignees by patent count in that subclass.

Similar innovation score

Nearest assignees by Innovation Score (31 here).

GT Gettaxi Limited 31 Stryker Puerto Rico Limited 31 Ubisoft Entertainment 31 Oslo University Hospital HF 31

H4's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

31 37th percentile higher than 37% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2022

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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H4 Engineering, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	16.7%
2016	5	27.8%
2017	5	27.8%
2019	2	11.1%
2020	2	11.1%
2022	1	5.6%

Which technologies does H4 Engineering, Inc. patent most?

H04N - Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television 15

G01S - Radio DIRECTION-FINDING; Radio NAVIGATION; Determining Distance OR Velocity BY USE OF Radio WAVES; Locating OR Presence-detecting BY USE OF THE Reflection OR Reradiation OF Radio WAVES; Analogous Arrangements Using Other Waves 4

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 4

G06F - Electric Digital Data Processing 3

F16M - Frames, Casings OR Beds OF Engines, Machines OR Apparatus, NOT Specific TO Engines, Machines OR Apparatus Provided FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; Supports 2

G03B - Apparatus OR Arrangements FOR Taking Photographs OR FOR Projecting OR Viewing THEM; Apparatus OR Arrangements Employing Analogous Techniques Using Waves Other Than Optical WAVES; Accessories Therefor 2

G07C - Time OR Attendance REGISTERS; Registering OR Indicating THE Working OF MACHINES; Generating Random NUMBERS; Voting OR Lottery APPARATUS; Arrangements, Systems OR Apparatus FOR Checking NOT Provided FOR Elsewhere 2

G06T - Image Data Processing OR Generation, IN General 1

G09F - DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; Labels OR NAME-PLATES; Seals 1

H05K - Printed CIRCUITS; Casings OR Constructional Details OF Electric APPARATUS; Manufacture OF Assemblages OF Electrical Components 1

H04L - Transmission OF Digital Information, e.g. Telegraphic Communication 1

G06V - Image OR Video Recognition OR Understanding 1

H01Q - Antennas, i.e. Radio Aerials 1

Top 13 of 13 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

H4 Engineering, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

H4 Engineering, Inc.'s lead technology class is H04N (Pictorial Communication, e.g. Television), 83.3% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore H04N
Ranked #16,068 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare H4 Engineering, Inc. against Guangzhou Mibo Zhilian Technology Co. Ltd, an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 31.1/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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